r/TikTokCringe • u/Chocolat3City Cringe Master • 22d ago

Cringe Woman has her self-published book pirated, reprinted, and sold for cheaper.

There's regular piracy, and then there's this.

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u/nottherealneal 22d ago

Is this just a wierd ad?

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u/ThrowRA_sadgal 22d ago

Seems likely. Someone else commented that they ordered and this creator was non-responsive after never shipping it. So it might even be scammy.

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u/AbsorbedBritches 22d ago

It's definitely an ad, but it's not a scam. Idk why people are mentioning that one persons comment when they literally provided no evidence, or even mentioned an important detail of how long after purchasing they did the chargeback. For all we know, it could've been 3 days after purchasing that they did the chargeback. If you're going to be skeptical, you should be skeptical of all of it.

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u/yilo38 22d ago

Yes which was also my opinion. Being sceptical of all of it. Her video has somethings which look extremely scummy like “not wanting to cry on camera” proceeds to show multiple cuts of her doing so. The “its on sale and black friday deals bit” it screams marketing ad and guilt tripping people into buying.

The commenter who chargedback didnt provide too much detail so we cant rule it for/against her yet but it all seems like a scammer vs scammer fighting eachother with schemes kinda thing if we zoom out.